Miles O'Brien of CNN askes a question regarding this...

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Scott — 2/3/2003 10:44:05 AM (archived)

The answer he received was that this tank was one of the two-remaining "light weight" tanks as opposed to the newer "Super-light weight" tanks. The I believe the older "light-weight" tanks, like the one used on the final Columbia mission have flown about 90 times without serious incident.

Scott

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Y no focus on External Tank yet? - Randy - 2/3/2003 10:01:08 AM
- Re: Actually it is the main focus... - SteveS - 2/3/2003 11:56:37 AM
- Miles O'Brien of CNN askes a question regarding this... - Scott - 2/3/2003 10:44:05 AM
  - P.S. that question was in the Sunday 4:30 Interview - Scott - 2/3/2003 10:46:05 AM
- Re: Y no focus on External Tank yet? - Jim C - 2/3/2003 10:37:11 AM
  - Re: Y no focus on External Tank yet? - Delbert - 2/3/2003 11:21:57 AM
    - Re: External Tank & wood pecker? - Brian Gyles - 2/3/2003 12:58:15 PM
      - Re: External Tank & wood pecker? - Kim Keller - 2/3/2003 1:35:28 PM

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